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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Sean Woodroffe, CHRO at TIAA : With more than 1 Trillion in assets under management and more than 17,000 employees, Woodroffe is transforming an old-line asset manager into a culture of next generation talent. He is someone who understands the power of talent and team in leading an organization into the future.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

.” For example, the Swedish AP funds, in collaboration with other investors in 2016, engaged ten companies regarding the management of fish and shellfish throughout supply chains and several companies that purchase cobalt mines in the Congo. First, large index asset managers, such as Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard.

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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

Harvard Business Review

Smoother supply chains. Machine learning enables contextual analysis of logistics data to predict and mitigate supply chain risks. Drone- and satellite-based asset management.

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It’s Time to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, recently said , “Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors relevant to a company’s business can provide essential insights into management effectiveness and thus a company’s long-term prospects.”

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

The greening of the supply chain. The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. Water rising — both literally and as a serious issue for business: Honda's supply chain gets slammed, Levi's gets creative. business continuity").

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How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data

Harvard Business Review

If not addressed, water scarcity will squeeze food and energy supply chains, and stall economic growth. Its managerial team first formed a working group of personnel from business units across the organization — from retail and asset management to planning and maintenance crews.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

And on the resource constraint front, Jeremy Grantham , co-founder of the asset management firm GMO ($100 billion invested), continued his relentless numbers-based assault on the fallacy of infinite resources. The green supply chain gets some teeth: Walmart changes incentives for buyers.